Source: STMN News

Anurag, 34, of Kishangarh, Rajasthan, disappeared on Monday after tumbling down from Camp III at a height of about 6,000 metres. 

Anurag Maloo, an Indian climber, has shown indications of improvement but remains in serious condition, his brother said on Saturday, just days after he was discovered alive by rescuers on Nepal’s Mount Annapurna. 

His health has improved, but Anurag is still in bad condition, according to his brother Ashish Maloo, who spoke at the hospital outside of Kathmandu where he has been detained since Thursday. The Indian climber was discovered in a deep crevice between Camp III and Camp II on the planet’s tenth-highest mountain, according to Thaneshwor Guragain, information officer for Seven Summit Treks, the expedition’s organizera. 

He was transported to Kathmandu and admitted to Medicity Hospital in the Lalitpur district’s Bhaisepati region. Anurag was discovered in a deep crevasse at around 5800 meters elevation on Thursday morning by a helicopter and a team of six Sherpa climbers led by Chhang Dawa Sherpa. 

He was brought to Pokhara’s Manipal Hospital before being airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment. Anurag graduated from IIT Delhi in 2010, according to a family member. Anurag is on a mission to promote awareness of and action towards the UN Global Goals by climbing all 14 peaks higher than 8,000 meters, as well as the seven highest summits on each of the seven continents. He received the REX Karam (Veer Chakra) and was named the 2041 Indian Youth Ambassador to the Antarctic.